Wendy Holmes, BACP

Wendy Holmes is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people with relationship and intimacy concerns. She also helps those dealing with trauma, grief, stress, anxiety and life changes. Wendy works with people who are facing challenges such as burnout, low self-esteem, parenting strain, and worries linked to ADHD and depression.

Her way of working is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on what matters to the individual and move at the person’s pace. Conversations aim to make difficult issues easier to name and to find practical ways forward that fit everyday life.

Wendy uses several therapy approaches that help people talk about painful experiences and develop new ways of coping. Her toolkit includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-based ideas, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness, alongside client-centred work. These approaches are used to address things like intimacy worries, relationship obsessive thoughts, and trauma reactions.

She brings four years' experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That registration is shown as BACP. Wendy also has additional training in women’s trauma, grief and loss, sex and couples work, and models for understanding trauma and attachment.

If you are unsure where to start, she invites you to take the first step and talk through your situation. The initial work typically clarifies priorities and agrees simple, achievable steps to try between sessions.

How therapy approaches are used in online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to clarify what matters most so they can act in line with those values. This can help with anxiety, stress and relationship worries. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns from earlier relationships and how they affect current connections; it supports people working through trust and intimacy issues. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience, offering a non-judgemental space to talk and find direction.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with the client to agree which methods feel most useful, and will adjust the way they work as goals and needs become clearer. This is a collaborative decision rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription.

Please confirm what remote session formats are available before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, or offering options for those who prefer not to use video. These practical benefits help people keep therapy consistent alongside work and family commitments.